Nail Toxicity Associated With Paclitaxel Treatment for Ovarian Cancer

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman named C. B. began experiencing abdominal pain and bloating. She presented to her primary physician with these symptoms, and her physician palpated an adenexal mass on pelvic examination. That prompted a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis, which demonstrated omental thickening as well as a mildly enlarged left ovary. After initial consultation with a gynecologic oncologist, C. B. was taken to surgery and a total abdominal hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy omentectomy partial bowel resection, and pelvic and periaortic lymph node dissection were performed. C. B. was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer involving the omentum, pelvic lymph nodes, and bowel wall and was subsequently referred for postoperative chemotherapy.